VA Medical Center, Metro bus system near deal on returning veterans to hospital entrance

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.livewellnebraska.com/health/va-medical-center-metro-bus-system-near-deal-on-returning/article_fb7ea9c5-45f5-501e-a6cb-1a4bd1fbef26.html

Posted: Monday, June 15, 2015 1:00 am
By Jordan Pascale / World-Herald staff writer

The Metro bus system and the VA Medical Center are close to reaching a deal that would once again take veterans to the front door of the Omaha hospital.

On June 1 a systemwide bus change closed the front-door service and put vets at two new bus stops near 42nd and Center Streets, a few hundred yards from the hospital.

The change added nearly three dozen stairs or a climb up a steep grassy hill. Neither new stop has a shelter, and one is on a narrow sidewalk with a retaining wall. Some veterans reported seeing people leaning on the bus stop sign for support because there are no benches.

That situation was intolerable to Johnny Farnen, a Navy veteran who experiences seizures and gets treatment at the hospital.

FULL story at link.